The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., July 12, 1912, page 1

CHURCH IS DEDICATED
Saint Francis Catholic Church Completed With Little Debt

     St. Francis Catholic church of this place was dedicated Sunday by Reverend Willghen of Vancouver, assisted by Reverends Francis and Pius of White Salmon and Hood River respectively. The dedicatory sermon was a most interesting inspiring one, and the singing was delight to those in attendance. It was rendered by the Sisters of Vancouver, one of whom is the possessor of an exceptionally fine soprano voice. After the services dinner was served at the Colburn Hotel. Several from Hood River, Mosier and The Dalles were in attendance, as well as from the countryside.
     The dedication is the happy culmination of the efforts of Father Francis begun the 19th of last March when there was only $10 in the treasury. He was successful in raising $2,000, all but $500 of it in California. A benevolent lady in New York contributed the $500. As the cost of the church is $2,600, there remains an indebtedness of $600, which Father Francis hopes to raise in White Salmon with little delay.
     The building is 30x60, with a tower of 60 feet high, surrounded by a cross six feet high. The church is erected on a light eminence on the side of Grachy hill west of town. It is visible from all parts of the town. Its cross, brilliantly lighted by electric bulbs, is seen from a long distance and is a flashlight message the spiritual as well as the material is considered in White Salmon.

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